I'm so positively intrigued by this, I can't wait to see who GFW picks up on commentary. The most telling part of this whole thing is how willing NJPW are to get involved with a POTENTIAL wrestling promotion that as of yet doesn't even own a ring over even touching TNA with a ten foot pole. (At which point Vince Russo would book a ten foot pole on a pole match.)

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The triple main event they have lined up is going to be absolutely sensational. Naito/Styles was fantastic in the G1 Climax, Nakamura/Ibushi had a freakin' WAR in the G1 the year before, and Tanahashi/Okada is a pairing that I've called the best in the history of wrestling. The entire first two hours could shit the bed like nobody has before, and I'd still be bubbling over with anticipation for that headlining trio.

Earlier today, New Japan announced the following teams who will compete in the 2014 World Tag League round-robin tournament. The tournament consists of 16 teams in two 8-team blocks. The tournament starts on 11/22 and will conclude on 12/7 iPPV in Aichi with the winners of the 2 blocks facing off to determine the winner of the tournament. The winner of the tournament faces IWGP Tag Team Champions Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows for the titles at the Wrestlekingdom 9 PPV on January 4, 2015 at the Tokyo Dome.

The teams competing in the 2014 New Japan World Tag League are as follows:

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At today's New Japan press conference, the following matches were announced for the Wrestlekingdom 9 PPV on January 4, 2015 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan:

Without question. This will be a full year with them as champions, and they're the last remaining piece of Bullet Club's title domination of 2014. Given the lineup and schedule of the Tag League, we're pointing heavily to Goto & Shibata walking out of the Dome with the belts.

Pretty poor audio producing job, bouncing between super-calm deep-voiced guy and an emotional JR. Made for a jarring experience. Would have been better served with the voice-over guy doing the whole exposition at the start, then passing it off to JR to bring it home with the hard sell.

Anyway, JR's not near as good as the legend says, but he definitely brings gravitas. Commentary could very well be a train wreck, but at the very least, it'll feel important. I'll take that.

AXS TV is the station that used to be HDNet, home of ROH's first television foray. It's owned by Mark Cuban (who founded HDNet in 2001), Ryan Seacrest, and a couple music industry production & promotion companies, which is why most of the video is about music stuff. Station isn't widely available, but holy fuck, New Japan on American TV.